My little one is having a buddy over to play this morning. They're both 8. She's running around trying to find "boy things to do" (of course we've already said the obvious; be yourself, it's silly and not right that things are called "for boys" and "for girls" etc.) but, ultimately, she goes to school, y'know? She's absorbed that boys don't like pink etc. It's unfortunate.
So I suggested laser tag. To be clearer; we have a set at home, so they can run around the house. My partner was unsure about it, saying the parents "might not like he's been playing shooting games". It hadn't occurred to me.
UK parents in particular – if you sent your 8y/o to someones house, and they came back talking about running around "shooting eachother with guns" would you be upset?